The Supreme Court of India(SCI)on Monday Sep 05,2016 directed Karnataka to release 15,000 cusecs of
Cauvery water per day to Tamil Nadu for the next 10 days to ameliorate
the plight of the farmers there.
Noting that the samba crops in Tamil Nadu would be adversely affected, a
bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and U. U. Lalit directed
Karnataka to ensure supply of water to Tamil Nadu.
The SCI also directed Tamil Nadu to approach the supervisory
committee within three days for the release of Cauvery water as per the
final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal’s (CWDT).
The SCI also asked the supervisory committee to decide on Tamil Nadu’s plea in 10 days from today.
“We think it’s appropriate to direct Karnataka to release 15,000 cusecs
of water per day for ten days,” the bench said, while also directing
Tamil Nadu to release water to Puducherry appropriately in line with its
interim arrangement.
The court posted the matter for further hearing on September 16,2016
On September 2, 2016 the SCI had made an emotional appeal to
Karnataka saying ‘live and let live’, after Tamil Nadu brought to the
notice of the court that the Karnataka CM has said not a drop of water
will be released to it.
In a recent plea, Tamil Nadu had sought a direction to Karnataka to
release 50.52 tmc feet of Cauvery water to save 40,000 acres of samba
crops this season.
In reply, Karnataka had said it has a deficit of about 80 tmc feet in its four reservoirs
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